Treasure

#59, Cold Mountain Poems

In the old days when I was so poor,

Night after night I counted other men's wealth.

Recently I thought it over

And decided to open a business of my own.

I dug a hole and found a hidden treasure-

A store of crystal jewels.

A blue-eyed foreigner came in secret

And wanted to buy them and take them away,

But I only answered him,

"These jewels are beyond price!"

-Han -shan